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Research article
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01 Apr 2022
Research article |
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Evaluation of convection-permitting extreme precipitation simulations for the south of France
Linh N. Luu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 8212
CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay and IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
now at: Department Research and Development of Weather and Climate models (RDWK), Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
Robert Vautard
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 8212
CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay and IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Pascal Yiou
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 8212
CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay and IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jean-Michel Soubeyroux
Direction de la Climatologie et des Services Climatiques (DCSC), Météo-France, Toulouse, France
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This study downscales climate information from EURO-CORDEX (approx. 12 km) output to a higher horizontal resolution (approx. 3 km) for the south of France. We also propose a matrix of different indices to evaluate the high-resolution precipitation output. We find that a higher resolution reproduces more realistic extreme precipitation events at both daily and sub-daily timescales. Our results and approach are promising to apply to other Mediterranean regions and climate impact studies.
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